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stable version,
checked on
23 March 2021.
Accuracy | Spot checked |
Depth | Basic |
Readability | Acceptable |
Snapping Jig Click on the tune title to see or modify Snapping Jig's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Browse/:Snapping Jig
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Theme code Index
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1H1H65 2265
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Also known as
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Snapping Turtle Jig (1), Saratoga Hornpipe (3), Queer's Hornpipe
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Composer/Core Source
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Region
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United States
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Genre/Style
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Minstrel, Old-Time
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Meter/Rhythm
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Hornpipe/Clog
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Key/Tonic of
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A
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Accidental
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3 sharps
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Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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Time signature
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2/4
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History
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Structure
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AABB
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Editor/Compiler
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Septimus Winner
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Book/Manuscript title
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New American School for the Banjo
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Tune and/or Page number
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p. 40
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Year of publication/Date of MS
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1883
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Artist
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Title of recording
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Record label/Catalogue nr.
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Year recorded
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Media
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Score (1)
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X:1
T:Snapping Turtle Jig
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Sand Jig
B:Septimus Winner – New American School for the Banjo (1883, p. 40)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E
ede>B|c/B/A/c/ B/G/E|F^EF>D|c/B/A/c/ B/G/E|
ede>B|c/B/A/c/ B/G/E|F^EF>D|c/B/A/F/ E2||
Ee Ee|Ee e/B/G/E/|B,B B,B|B,B B/A/G/F/|Ee Ee|
Ee e/B/G/E/|B,B B,B|B,/B/A/F/ E2:|]
X:1
T:Snapping Jig
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Sand Jig
B:Ira Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
ag a>e|f/e/d/f/ e/c/A|EBEB|AG/B/ AE|
ag a>e|f/e/d/f/ e/c/A|EBEB|AG A2:|
|:AGAc|ec/d/ ec|EBEB|AGAE|
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